The Continentals
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- Recorded July 9, 1961 on The Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour.
The Continentals: Richard Frank, Lead Guitar; Robert Sarlo, Rhythm Guitar; Ricky Mangone, Rhythm Guitar; Joseph Messina, Drums and Ralph DiForio, Vocals and Bass Guitar - Zábava
I have to say it. These guys won a talent contest in their home town, got to appear on national TV. No videotaping, LIVE!! Knocked it out of the ballpark, went home and were hometown/high school heroes, at 15 years old! Graduated school in 1964, went their own ways with great memories on the road of life. That took GUTS to do what they did at 15. I wish them well, even after all these years.
gordon vincent are they dead?
@@baronsorgi1 Last posts on this site indicate that they are still very much alive and well.
They probably all either got drafted or joined the Marines right out of high school and went to Vietnam just like I did. My only wish is that they also made it home.
Did they survive Vietnam ? lol
“Live”, my foot! No vocal microphones, at least two of the guitars not plugged into amps, a horn-section chord at the end from out of nowhere, and the drum-solo sounds don’t match the drummer’s movements. This is phony as hell, and you’d have to brain-damaged to fall for it.
That's the way I danced when waiting for my sister to get out of the bathroom!
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Have more...
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@@keithclark486 I'm 70, in the 1950's and early 60's, as a family of five, we lived in a one bathroom apartment in Brooklyn.
@@keithclark486 One bathroom and yes five people having only one bathroom is a challenge, LOL.
FOR #2 MAYBE, BUT NOT #1 --- HA HA HA!!!
The singer of the Continentals is a real giant. The Continentals had deserved more recognition world wide.
Why “ had deserved”? Past Perfect.
Incredible. The dancing, the drumming, the Fender guitars, the Pendleton shirts. How have I never seen this before?
Early in their career, the Beach Boys also favored Pendleton shirts.
Great and nostalgic👍
@@retiredyeti5555 yeah, their first name was the Pendletones 'cause of the shirts ahaha
@@retiredyeti5555 I still favor Pendleton shirts! These guys were great.
@@richardwarren7492 - I have a Pendleton shirt from the late 40's, that belonged to my wife's paternal grandfather, then her Dad, and when he died in '93, it was given to me. The elbows are worn out, but it still has years of life left in it!
I've watched this something like 30 times, and I still keep coming back to it.
Six Million views ! No doubt, that none of them at the time, could fathom or imagine, the popularity this performance would ultimately achieve ! Nice going fellas !
Amen, Drummer seemed the best of the bunch...
7+ million 07/14/22. Hehehe
That drum solo was wicked!!!
It was a perfect drum solo.
Especially for those times😅
I wish that dance style would become popular again....I dig it!!!
You can find it all over CZcams.
There's quite a few like it all over tik tok
Very Good.
That drum solo man, ahead of its time.
really? let's hope so
that drum solo wasn't ahead of his time at all lol
I though it was almost Wipe Out when he started?
I first saw this video a couple of months ago and I have watched it a couple of HUNDRED TIMES since!! I was thirteen in 1961, and I wish to God I had seen this then! These young men do a hell of a job, and I can`t understand why their talent was not picked up. The dancer is phenominal, I have never seen moves like that!! It`s a shame we never saw this group much more. They are great, and I hope which ever path they chose, they did well for themselves. God Bless!!
I was also thirteen in 1961. I rarely watched Ted Mack. Now, I feel as if I had missed something.
@@michaelcummingsherrera1232 You are so right! But at that age, we wouldn`t be caught dead watching The Amatuer Hour, although there was some excellent talent displayed.
You have to get lucky. There is a lot of talent out there walking the streets that is never found. There are probably thousands of people who never wanted to play football that would be a franchise QB for NFL teams if they had wanted to play. It is the same with music. I remember being at a church for Christmas Eve with the singing form the choir being some of the best voices I ever heard. Far better than many of the supposed stars.
@@larryambrose2660 Well said.
I was only 7 in '61, but I was up pretty good on music. This was similar to the surf bands at the time, BB, Jan and Dean, etc... Still sounds good.
I’ve seen this video 3 times already, I don’t know why 😕. I can’t stop! Help me!
Hahahahaha, I know what you mean it's addicting! :P
hahahaha...Me too bro....hahaha Its irritatingly addictive..
Its sort of like driving past a bad accident.
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE
hahaha.
All these kids would be in their mid 70's now, time flies. They had a great group, love the drummer and the singers dance moves.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO LISTENED TO IT!!! NEXT YEAR FOR ME !!LOL STILL FUN!
Loved how the drummer used the proper stick grip versus the matched timpani style.
This was recorded in '61!!! So SIXTY years before you posted your comment. They'd be in their late seventies or early eighties. (or ya know)
This was so cool to watch. A drum solo instead of a guitar solo, a little dance before Michael Jackson did so. This was just cool. Live performance too with no lip sync. Great post.
Tielman brother style
Yes, doing the early moonwalk, he is great!
@@dhanyeffendy Lucky that is exactly what I was thinking.
@@andyZ3500s This was such a great find.
@@anakina1 My brother in So. Cal. found this, sent it to me! Enjoyed it#
I remember seeing this on TV back in the day. I was 20yrs old at the time. It still sounds great!!! Thanks!!!
Wow that is so cool. Where I used to live you would have been able to pick up the signal. But I don't believe that the Wharton family, the original owners of the house, had the tv tuned to that channel at the right time that it aired.
He is not dancing, he Feel the music
He becomes the music it self.
Who would of thought these boys would be video heroes almost 60 years after they played this song on TV? Five million views and counting!
Well I don't know about video heroes. It is interesting though I guess.
Damn--Love this sound and personality of these young guys. Moves are just too damn good, too. This is a powerful cool young American rock and roll group...
Very talented bunch . They should have had a record contract. Fantastic!
I'm 71...I used to move like that...well sort of..If I tried it now...It would be my last dance!
Amen brother.
Same age here..😁
forgive me for laughing, LORD.
I'm saddened I was born long after this beautiful, fun kind of music was made. But I am joyful I am from the same earth, the same people, the same body, that did it all those years before me. Thank you to the human race.
Now that's looking at the big picture.
Enjoyed his little dance number. I'll take this song over today's music anytime.
That was a great year. Tunes like "Stand By Me" and "Cryin'" were hitting the charts. My favorite was "Big Bad John". Soon we would all lose our innocence.
WOW!!! I was in a band called The Continentals, 55 years ago. We didn't have the great moves like this band, but had great fun. We had the Fender amps and guitars and shirts that matched. What a wonderful time in my life. Thanks for bringing back these memories. There are only three of us left in Nova Scotia!
@Mark Honest Doing great at 75 and still playing the guitar daily Thanks for checking in!
@Mark Honest Nova Scotia
We watched the Ted Mack show religiously. I remember seeing Pat Boone on it before he became a huge star in the mid 50's. Saw this group 5 weeks before I left for Navy boot camp.
Wow!…. I’m surprised that these guys didn’t take off? They’re extremely awesome!
see the dance solo for explanation
They took the kid to a headologist and a head that big could never support life. That was a dance? I thought he was having a seizure or that head got out of balance.
Never watched Freddy do the Freddy (and the dreamers) ??? @@fuzzybutkus8970
Three guitars and a singer...but the drummers killing it. Great work.
Wow, these performers are so young yet so talented.
This is without a doubt this is the greatest video I've ever seen on CZcams. I know it is because my nurse tells me it is and the
Dr's here at the hospital tell me I won't be released until I've watched it 1,000 times. HELP! I'm going nuts
Some seriously damn good talent displayed here...
Great "OLD" performance!!!
That's the dance that I do every Friday when I clock out of work.
Dale's Drum Channel Zero 🤣🤣
Love that!!
Only problem is now it makes my knees hurt!! :-)
Dale have you been released yet?
That was soooo funny!
This is so entertaining. I never tire of watching it. It really stands the test of time.
I’m 64 and from the west coast. I’ve never heard of the Continentals, but they’re so damn funky I can’t stop watching these cool daddyos.
No Auto-Tune. Yeah! Pure talent.
When ever I feel a little down I watch this video. It brings an instant smile to my face.
You got to give him a lot of credit just to do that dance on national tv. I like to see him do that same dance today. Anyway a cool performance.
Oh yeah, the kid had nerve.
Just SHOCKED that this didn’t just riffle up the charts......THUNDERBIRD!
There is so much awesomeness here. Stepping in unison, all flannel, good steppin...AWESOME!!!
Cool daddy-oh. That's better than what these young people listen to now.
God bless 'em, the drummer tore it up.
What a drumming job. Just awesome.
Great music ,dancing ,and drumming from this group of young men Thanks for sharing this video.
Young men ! They looked like teenagers !
I was 6 years old when I watched this live on a Sunday night, thought they were the greatest band.....two weeks later I saw Jackie Wilson live, that's the day surf music didn't matter anymore!!
These guys were great! A helluva lot better than many successful bands today!
Love this! Man, what a different time we live in now.
I was eight years old living in Denver, Colorado. There is simple talent in this group and they would have been very popular in school and with the girls. There was an innocence and nostalgia in this music that has long since been lost. After 1964, pandora's box would open, culminating with the end of an era, Woodstock.
Very well done, guys!
Badass and unexpected drum solo from this song
Lunk anyone can see they were Influenced by the Ventures and Elvis. Nothing original
I hope he found success with a better band.
@@jogmas12 Elvis and The Ventures copied what they saw, nothing original there either.
Michael Gallagher well absolutely.
I tried that dance at the club last year and was banned for life.
lol best reaponce i seen all year funnnnny
=)
I think you just won the internet.
Automatic Slim -Mick Jagger 101...
I tried it last night. Put my back out, and my wife left me
Life was much more simple back then. I breezed through the 50s and 60s.
Garage Rock at it's absolute finest!!
No, some friends and I were better but we had other things to do so we just did it in the basement and had a lot of fun with it.
I loved the Ted Mack original amateur hour !!! Watched it every Sunday. ... best show on tv ... 😃🎶🎵🎵🎶🎵🎶⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♥️
Long before Star Search - Back when TV was worth watching.
@@kennethohmert3128 Star search was a good show
, it was well produced and I loved Ed McMahon ;
and the talented contestants were good !!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have watched this dozens of time and still enjoy seeing the eyes of your dad look to the side after the drum solo.
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A lot of people don't seem to realize that this was over two years before any of us ever heard of The Beatles. They were ahead of their time as many have noted. I loved it.
*ImaCaMan* I don't know if these kids were ahead of their time, and I don't think they, in any way, sound like the Beatles would sound. These kids were playing Surf Music which was huge back in the early 1960s, and they wore matching clothes, something that was common for rock groups back then. This isn't taking away from their talent, as they sound as good as any professional group of musicians. That drummer, in particular, is throwing down.
Didn't intend to mean that they sounded like the Beatles. However, a guitar-driven rock band in 1961 was a rarity. I was there. :)
*ImaCaMan* That's cool. I wasn't there, born in 1965, but I'm pretty sure guitar driven rock bands were fairly common in the early 1960's. Dick Dale, The Ventures, the Beach Boys, the Chantays, the Shadows, the Safaris...heck any Surf Music biggies of that time were guitar driven. In fact I think it was Dick Dale who said he wanted the guitars to sound like what surfers would hear when a wave came in; he also said the real surf music was instrumental and that the vocal groups above weren't 'surf music', but were 'surf vocals'. At both's cores, however, was the driving guitar beat.
Yeah, I should have added "..that sing." The Beach Boys were certainly ones, however they were still playing in high schools in 1962. The others are all instrumental groups, which most of them were at that time. Lot's of exceptions, Buddy Holly and the Crickets come to mind, but in 1961 bands that played their own music and sang were a rarity. Anyway, a lot of great music back then.
Surf music was not popular in 1961. It was soon going to be, but I agree, these kids had a sound a bit before it was popular.
Have to say , this was surprisingly Awesome. Watching it for my fifth time.
Now THIS band is SO COOL! Three guitars with NO BASS! Ya gotta love ‘em!
center guitar is a fender bass VI
Even more impressive... no guitar cords! ;)
The first couple of electric guitar groups I was in, in 1964, didn't have a bass.
@@robertlim4193 Center guitar is a Fender Jazzmaster....the guy was probably just playing the lower notes...notice the 'soap bar' style PU's. I just finished building up a Jazzmaster !..........drummer was awesome !
Probably a baritone guitar
@@robertlim4193 - Good catch!
These guys were awesome. Unique..Young..The lead vocalist had the moves..Gutsy Performance…THUNDERBIRD!
And you thought"Boy Bands": were something new !!! I LOVE THIS SONG !!!
This is nice to see. They were talented.
I hope they are all still alive to enjoy their newfound fame of over six million views since this 2011 posting. They deserve it and should be very proud. The drum solo and dancing were way ahead of their time.
A little hidden gem . Thank you CZcams algorithm 😉
These guys are so cool..I hope they go on tour soon.
from the care home ?
Man, could that singer ever MOVE!
yes he can.
sry i'm not english and don't see this type of sentence construction with the word "ever" very often
Terrific surf style rock & roll, here. Great lead vocal and dance too and a proper and very well played traditional style drum 🥁 break. Loved the whole thing- a great vibrant young outfit typical of those times.
Rock & Roll will never die:/ Chris 🎼
Traditional grip, too
I came for the comments. You people did NOT disappoint.
Amen..I am loving them too.!
The more i play this clip the more i love this song and these young guys it's raw but they are so good, would love to know more of what happened to these guys.
Oh, wow. Your brother's band? I love it; knowing the connection. This group is your all-round, good going/showing, how to play basic cool rock and roll. Adorable and talented. Ted, give 'em the trophy!
oh la la! those very skilled foot steps . I never knew this band existed thank you.
Friggin awesome!
Very good retro music,thanks from Nezaland City México.
My gosh, I can't remember the last time I saw and heard an intro by Ted Mack!
so so cute... this song has never left my broken humble heart...
Brings back memories! Thanks for the video.
qu'est ce qu'ils ont l'air bien sage... Avec leur choré apprise par coeur! J'adore!
Everyone in Mamaroneck basically still looks like this
LMFAO !!!!!
Hahahaha..anjayyyy
Still laughing!!!
Sals pizza still there?
Related to your post, here in Arizona we have a small town called Dudleyville. Most of the men there are named Dudley, and therefore are stereotypically dull. The women are frustrated, so it's a good place for cool guys to visit and hook up with those ladies!
A buncha guys from Mamaroneck what hit da big time on Ted Macks...Richie, Robbie. Ricky, Joey, and Ralphy...lol
I'm glad that - 58 years later - they finally got famous.
'Bout fuckin' time.
You think maybe the drummer honed his chops in the marching band?
Lol...🤔🤔🤣
Awesome set of guitars!!!!
That drummer's pretty good. :D
Fabulous, I am unsure if the Ted Mac show wasn't broadcast in Milwaukee or that my dad never watched it. But when we made the monthly pilgrimage back to Chicago, my grandparents always watched it, I think it was sponsored by Geritol for "tired blood"
Craig - it was broadcast in Milwaukee , where my folks lived - I saw this show just 5 weeks before I joined the Navy. And it was Geritol who was the sponsor.
Damn ! I didn’t know Wally Cleaver could dance like that !! Go kid go !
June taught him all those moves!
Mr. Cleaver was tough on the beaver.
Can't beat the 50s and 60s all fresh Garage bands!
Instead of "Garage" bands today...it's "Garbage" today...
Vaya que energia la de esos chicos. ¡Bacanísimo!
Muy buena y representativa banda de música de los 60. Thank you for uploading this beautiful video with this beautiful song.
Regards from Uruguay!!
I used to watch Ted Mack with my father on Sunday, along with College Bowl. After dinner Wonderful World of Disney and Bonanza.
Keep in mind before commenting!
1)They were normal in height and they were only teenagers 14-16 average height being 5’5-5’8. Meaning They hadn’t fully grown into their adult height!
2)The way the camera is pointed and the lens that was equipped made it look like their heads were bigger than their bodies. The cameras height is pointed from above to show the dance moves resulting in having the head as the first view shot. If it was leveled it would look normal.
3) They were a local band that performed only once on LIVE television! During Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour where all kinds of bands performed and all kinds of talent was shown. Performing LIVE as is happened!
So Them being kind of awkward, You can only imagine being a teenager performing on live television for the first time ever with thousands of people watching I think you’d be in fear of messing up or being nervous or not really knowing what to expect.
4) Those Dance moves were popular during That time! Through out time all styles of dances have changed.
I personally think modern dancing has become ridiculous like “Dapping” or “Flossing”
5)This band would soon separate as it wasn’t a serious band, I doubt they ever thought they were going to be huge. It was something they did for fun something a lot of teenagers did.
Even 2 years later some of them were drafted into the Vietnam War.
6) They were original this was their music their style that they had.
All garage bands shared the same line up and traditions of having the same matching outfits or band uniforms for performing.
And before The Beach Boys we’re officially a band this band was already singing about cars with surf like instrumental sounds.
Owen Owen yeah but did you see the size of his HEAD🎃... the wee Dwarf
How do explain that MASSIVE HEAD !
Right on
There are too many critics out there that do not have the appreciation of raw talent. In 1961 this was pretty damn good. No matter what these dated clowns think, THIS WAS TALENT!!!
I was twelve when tha came out, but the dancing reminds me of the 60’s!
I once auditioned for this show in a downtown Jacksonville hotel. We were a trio who played and sang, "Twilight Time." I used my brother's nearly still brand new 1960 Jazzmaster and PRO amp. And oh yeh ... we were sent home packin'.
I have no idea how this came into my suggestions but damn that cool!!!
SO great!
Hello Toni, How are you doing?
You had me at Talent Contest under the Auspices of the Westchester County Recreation Commission .
Lol!!
Sounds like a cool hang.
Can almost taste the Underwood Deviled Ham open-faced sandwiches ... on Wonder, natch
I was one day old when this was filmed. He sure can dance!
🎶 these guys were great 🎶 very first time I've heard them...2021 ?
These Kids Had It Going !! Wish They Had Made It - Great Example Of Italian Street Rock !!!!
When music was good and Clean!!!....enjoyed your song. thanks.
Love this ,imagine going to the hop and been a teenager in 50s and early 60s America, not sure what year this but it's got a rockin late 50s sound but an early 60s dance .gues about 1960
This is more entertaining than 90% of the musical acts of today.
100%
It's so cool to watch.
It's entertaining alright, I laughed my hole off
Strange to see people actually play an instrument...it's a nice change!!!
Randy Jordan no one scratching a record like it’s music.
Those guitars would be worth a lot of money now, would love to own them now ! 🎸
This is fabulous, and Not lyp synced!
I've watched this many times and just noticed that an entire orchestra plays the last note in the song.
This was hilarious and great fun.